During the Middle Ages, merchants were just as important and wealthy as lords and nobles. The way they would manage their wealth was to get an education to learn how to think, count, information about the world, interest rates, exchange rates, and many other information related to managing money and trading. Education has always been important in creating opportunities to have successful jobs and it was interesting to read that in the Middle Ages education was considered more of a hobby, but to be a merchant it became less of a hobby and more of an opportunity to be wealthy. they educated people and gave them the opportunity to become successful businessmen. Merchants contributed greatly to the economy of their countries. They would buy raw materials, ask different weavers and craftsmen to make products from the raw materials and then sell them to people. They would tax all goods sold and give that money to the owners of the land on which they sold their goods. The idea that the merchants had was to find lands where there was a lot of trade. Italy was a country benefited from the between...